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Scotland.
which I have for some time past been suffering , and of your earnest prayer that it may please the Almi ghty speedily to restore to me the enjoyment of perfect health . To the dispensations of the Divine will it is my endeavour , as it is my duty , to submit with resignation ; and to his mercy and goodness I look with humble confidence for a restoration of the blessing of sight , from the enjoyment of which I have been so long deprived
. The expression of your approval of the manner in which I have discharged the important duties of Grand Master of Masons in England , is most acceptable to me . I have ever viewed the Masonic world as one body , connected b y the strongest ties of affinity , governed in their actions by the same principles of universal benevolence , and seeking to advance the general good ; but more especially have the operations and advantages of these princiles impressed themselves on mindand
p my , engaged my attention in reference to the craft in the different portions of the British Empire , where the community of national interest is concurrent with our fraternal regard as Masons . To cement and preserve these my best energies will ever be exerted ; and I pray the great Architect of the Universe to prosper the work of all the Sister Lodges , to grant health and comfort to the Brethren individuall y , and to continue to the end of time mutual affection and brotherllove
y . Kensington Palace , 11 th July , A . L . SS 35 . A . D . 1 S 35 . ( Signed ) AUGUSTUS FHEDEHICK , G . M . By command of his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , WILLIAM H . WHITE , G . S . of Grand Lodge of England .
MASONIC MEETING AT LANGHOLM . —On Wednesday , the 16 th of September , the foundation stone of a monument to the memory of the late Sir John Malcolm was laid by Sir James Graham , Bart ., Provincial Grand Master of the Lodges of Cumberland . The ceremony was attended by a numerous deputation from the Masonic Lodges , and by a large assemblage of persons of all classes , gentlemen in their carriages , yeomen on horseback , visitors in gigs , and visitors in carts ; the fair in
groups , decent feuars in dozens , pedestrians in hundreds , collected together at a very short notice , by their reverential recollection of this great and good man , who was not less beloved for his virtues at home than admired for his abilities abroad . The site chosen for the monument is a high hill-top , commanding a vast extent of country , which Sir John often visited when a boy , and while gazing from its summit imbibedin all probabilitythat passion for the grand and beautiful in
, , nature which clung to him through life , and which forms one of the distinguished features of his writings . After the performance of the ceremony of laying the stone in the usual manner , Sir James Graham addressed his Masonic Brethren and the company assembled , in a speech in which he paid an elegant tribute
to the memory of his departed friend . He should not attempt to speak at length on or eulogize the merits and actions of Sir John Malcolm , where his memory was still fresh , and his actions so well known . He need not tell them that he was an able and successful soldier , the friend and contemporary of the hero of Assaye , the illustrious Wellington , and that , in short , he had with his sword written his name in imperishable characters in the annals of his country . Nov need he remind them that in time of peace he was called upon to govern those countries which he had conquered in wai ; and it mi ght be well a boast of his lamented
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Scotland.
which I have for some time past been suffering , and of your earnest prayer that it may please the Almi ghty speedily to restore to me the enjoyment of perfect health . To the dispensations of the Divine will it is my endeavour , as it is my duty , to submit with resignation ; and to his mercy and goodness I look with humble confidence for a restoration of the blessing of sight , from the enjoyment of which I have been so long deprived
. The expression of your approval of the manner in which I have discharged the important duties of Grand Master of Masons in England , is most acceptable to me . I have ever viewed the Masonic world as one body , connected b y the strongest ties of affinity , governed in their actions by the same principles of universal benevolence , and seeking to advance the general good ; but more especially have the operations and advantages of these princiles impressed themselves on mindand
p my , engaged my attention in reference to the craft in the different portions of the British Empire , where the community of national interest is concurrent with our fraternal regard as Masons . To cement and preserve these my best energies will ever be exerted ; and I pray the great Architect of the Universe to prosper the work of all the Sister Lodges , to grant health and comfort to the Brethren individuall y , and to continue to the end of time mutual affection and brotherllove
y . Kensington Palace , 11 th July , A . L . SS 35 . A . D . 1 S 35 . ( Signed ) AUGUSTUS FHEDEHICK , G . M . By command of his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , WILLIAM H . WHITE , G . S . of Grand Lodge of England .
MASONIC MEETING AT LANGHOLM . —On Wednesday , the 16 th of September , the foundation stone of a monument to the memory of the late Sir John Malcolm was laid by Sir James Graham , Bart ., Provincial Grand Master of the Lodges of Cumberland . The ceremony was attended by a numerous deputation from the Masonic Lodges , and by a large assemblage of persons of all classes , gentlemen in their carriages , yeomen on horseback , visitors in gigs , and visitors in carts ; the fair in
groups , decent feuars in dozens , pedestrians in hundreds , collected together at a very short notice , by their reverential recollection of this great and good man , who was not less beloved for his virtues at home than admired for his abilities abroad . The site chosen for the monument is a high hill-top , commanding a vast extent of country , which Sir John often visited when a boy , and while gazing from its summit imbibedin all probabilitythat passion for the grand and beautiful in
, , nature which clung to him through life , and which forms one of the distinguished features of his writings . After the performance of the ceremony of laying the stone in the usual manner , Sir James Graham addressed his Masonic Brethren and the company assembled , in a speech in which he paid an elegant tribute
to the memory of his departed friend . He should not attempt to speak at length on or eulogize the merits and actions of Sir John Malcolm , where his memory was still fresh , and his actions so well known . He need not tell them that he was an able and successful soldier , the friend and contemporary of the hero of Assaye , the illustrious Wellington , and that , in short , he had with his sword written his name in imperishable characters in the annals of his country . Nov need he remind them that in time of peace he was called upon to govern those countries which he had conquered in wai ; and it mi ght be well a boast of his lamented